A plus-size video blogger has spoken about her experience flying on a Ryanair flight, after her video documenting the experience went viral on TikTok.

The Severn Valley Railway has been named as a finalist in the UK tourism industry’s national Awards for Excellence.

A football coaching student is set to begin a dream job working at the club he supports.

Crime rates have increased more in the West Midlands than in any other region in the country – with surges in stalking, weapon and sexual offences.

People in the West Midlands have been urged to visit NHS 111 online over this bank holiday weekend if they have an urgent but not life-threatening medical need.

Insurers are counting the cost for damage caused by Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin that hit the West Midlands in February.

A large fire involving scrap metal and rubbish raged at a scrapyard in Dudley overnight.

A murder accused and the man he allegedly fatally stabbed knew each other and had "quarrelled" before their final meeting but it was "nothing physical", a court was told.

Traffic calming measures introduced on a Wolverhampton road notorious for speeding have been branded a "complete shambles" by frustrated residents.

A collection of early printed books and hand copied manuscripts can be viewed at Lichfield Cathedral thanks to new library tours.

Men and boys are urged to have important conversations with their peers about violence against women and girls as part of a new campaign launched today.

New family-friendly events aimed at celebrating local history are coming to Smethwick.

A group of construction workers have gotten messy to raise money for Walsall Healthcare's Well Wishers charity.

Hit drama Peaky Blinders has helped BBC iPlayer achieve a record-breaking start to the year, the broadcaster has announced.

Roy Orbison tribute act Barry Steele is so convincing that many have wondered if he is miming.

Organisers of the Norbury Canal Festival are hoping for good weather as it is the first time in two years that they have been able to hold the event.

A man accused of fatally stabbing a grandfather in Wolverhampton was trying to defend himself as he "feared for his life" during an attack, a court heard.

A Kidderminster hotel has opened its new three-bedroom guest lodge following a £350,000 refurbishment.

A film festival showcasing the work of deaf filmmakers will take over a Wolverhampton cinema early next month.

The achievements and hard work of young people in the borough have been celebrated at the Dudley Youth Awards.

Imran Ahmad Khan will have been on full pay for three weeks after his conviction.

The man accused of murdering Halesowen pensioner David Varlow in his own home crisis-crossed the Midlands trying to empty his bank account in the days after his death, a court has been told.

The next stage of work for one of the busiest motorway junctions is set to commence, bringing road closures and possible distruption to traffic.

Two football mad schoolboys have raised hundreds of pounds for two city charities.

Labour’s Liam Byrne is set to be suspended for two days.

A Starbucks sign has been installed as work to convert a vacant former phone store in Wolverhampton city centre gets under way.

Local health leaders and managers have said the High Court ruling that untested patients being discharged from hospital to care homes was unlawful must lead to the same mistakes not being made again.

As of Monday around 27,100 people had travelled to Britain under Ukraine visa schemes.

A father was today hailed a hero for rescuing his daughter from a terrifying blaze after a suspected arson attack on their family home.

Marcin Zawisza is offering his home to Olena Stadnik, who has been stuck near the Russian-occupied city of Kherson in southern Ukraine.

Children enjoyed an exciting Easter in Kidderminster town centre thanks to a Wonderland trail.

A Staffordshire man battling stage four cancer is using his musical talent to release a song and perform a charity gig.

Police are becoming increasingly concerned for a missing 15-year-old.

A senior Labour MP is set to be suspended from the Commons for two days for bullying a member of staff.

Media speculation in the two countries suggest the two might apply in mid-May.

He was found to have bullied a member of staff at his constituency office.

A prominent landmark office building in Halesowen, which has planning permission for 87 apartments, has been brought to the market seeking offers in excess of £2.695 million.

A dozen members of an organised crime group who brought hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of heroin, cocaine and cannabis into Powys have been jailed for a total of more than 60 years.

Plans for a monument to be built in tribute to the former Round Oak Steelworks has been widely mocked online, with many comparing it with the Dairy Milk logo.

Tyres more than 20 years old have been found through an inspection of businesses in Wolverhampton carried out to ensure the items are road legal.

Afghan refugees were able to get a flavour of home as part of Ramadan celebrations.

A pair of brothers with a 40-year history of hospitality in Birmingham are opening their latest venture in a historic, newly renovated canalside building which has lain empty for many years.

The second city will become another centre for international sport as the countdown began to a major multi-sport event for blind and partially sighted athletes.

A “national scandal” of children being left in hospital as they wait for psychiatric care services will get worse, Walsall’s hospital boss has warned.

Residents have been celebrating after winning their fight to keep their local pub protected from demolition.

Civic authorities in the embattled Ukrainian city say Russian occupiers are failing to provide food, water and medicines.

Laura Heath admitted cruelty to Hakeem Hussain before he died alone in a garden in 2017, and was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter.

A street-food extravaganza is set to swoop into the Black Country tomorrow as part of Digbeth Dining Club’s tenth anniversary celebrations.

The Defence Secretary said the UK was looking at the options for providing anti-ship missiles.

The general staff of Ukraine’s military said Russian forces were ‘exerting intense fire’ in several places.

More than 150 trees have been planted outside a new housing development in Wombourne.

Swimmers made a splash to raise £1,500 for an NHS charity to coincide with Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.

Hospice supporters will have the opportunity to dedicate a heart to their loved ones in a stunning new sculpture.

An Oldbury woman has been jailed for stabbing her ex-partner in the stomach after a row over lyrics to a song.

Global aerospace and defence supplier Apollo Aerospace Components is looking to take on a customer service apprentice at its offices in Brierley Hill, under the Ladder for the Black County programme.

Sainsbury’s has posted bumper profits – days after closing almost all of its in-store cafes.

Pupils from a Staffordshire primary school were given a day to remember as they appeared on a popular children's show.

Home Office minister Rachel Maclean said there is no place for such conduct in the Conservatives or in Parliament.

Construction materials group Breedon has reported it is trading in line with expectations for the first quarter of the year.

Counting of votes takes place overnight and during the next day.

The Culture Secretary said the government will also be looking at ways media watchdog Ofcom can ‘hold the BBC to account’.

Rafael Grossi from the International Atomic Energy Agency spoke as his organisation tries in vain to get access for work, including repairs.

Kitchen supplier Howden Joinery, which has depots across the West Midlands, has reported a rise in revenue after making a strong start to the year.

The leisure pool at a popular Black Country leisure centre has been forced to close.

Green belt land in Walsall will become a “sacrificial lamb at the altar” of housing developers, it has been claimed.

Enquiries for at-home urinals sky-rocketed in the aftermath of West Bromwich Albion fan Adrian Chiles revealing he has one in his flat, a retailer has said.

Swathes of the region's green belt can be saved from developers by building homes on untapped brownfield sites, a new report is set to claim.

Council chiefs have been warned against ignoring residents' views on green belt development ahead of the next stage of the Black Country Plan.

Michael Fabricant MP has said new laws may be needed to stop people getting fleeced on energy costs.

Michael Gove took a stroll out of his Wolverhampton office to visit a city community centre.

A Black Country attraction that was visited by the Queen long ago wants those who remember the occasion to get in touch and share their memories.

A family fun day in Wednesbury will be marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee next month.

Keen nature fans across the Black Country are being encouraged to snap photos of wildlife and log them in a bid to find the 'wildest city in the world'.

Fitness courses and a cricket tournament will be hosted at an £18 million leisure centre in the Black Country to provide a boost to young people.

Hopes the Ukraine war would be over quickly look to have been dashed.

A tennis club is set to celebrate its golden anniversary in honour of the club’s founding member who died recently.

It is the perfect time to have a spring clean – and now a huge variety of items associated with your favourite newspaper are being auctioned off.

The annual Dudley Winter Ales Fayre may not go ahead this year unless more people come forward to help with organising the event.

Eligible residents are being reminded to book their spring Covid-19 booster vaccination.

The funeral of a teenager who died in a crash in Wolverhampton was held yesterday.

Ice baths, yoga and lessons in breathing techniques will be available to visitors to a music and entertainment festival this summer.

Bereaved families and care groups said the High Court ruling proves there was no protective ring around care homes at the start of the pandemic.

It comes almost a year after an inquiry was launched into suspected fraud and money laundering by parent firm GFG Alliance.

Young people looking for work are being invited to get involved in opportunities around the Commonwealth Games.

An appeal has been launched to help give a Black Country teenager who was shot in the back the best chance to walk again.

Walsall's ground will be known as the Poundland Bescot Stadium for at least the next three years.

E-scooters can currently only be used on England’s roads if they are part of trials of rental schemes.

A former ironmongers shop in the West Midlands is receiving a major transformation as a brand new bakery and eatery and is due to launch next month.

An appeal has been launched to help locate a Sandwell man suspected of criminal damage and burglary.

A woman arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed in Wolverhampton has been released without charge.

A popular musician has stood down from accompanying the Cradley Heath Male Voice Choir after celebrating her 96th birthday.

Chief executive Jeremy Wood will be stepping down at Dudley Building Society's annual general meeting after 10 years.

Nostalgia and the world of the early video rental shops is the focus of an art display in Wolverhampton's Mander Centre.

Beloved Walsall FC pitch-side announcer Gavin Drake is hanging up the microphone after 18 years with the club, but the life-long fan will continue to visit the club for matches.

Food prices have risen at their fastest rate for 11 years and the impact is being felt by the people of Wolverhampton.

Around 200 police officers are attacked in the West Midlands each month – as new figures revealed the shocking mental toll of the job on serving bobbies.

Lloyd Austin said more help is on the way amid fears the fighting could spill over Ukraine’s borders.

The Deputy Prime Minister said Vladimir Putin is only adding to his regime’s ‘pariah status’ by threatening other countries.

The Conservative chief whip is looking into the ‘wholly unacceptable’ allegations.

The voice of Halesowen pensioner David Varlow, who was allegedly murdered in his own home by a burglar, was played to jurors today.